To expand on the other person re: heat: not really but sort of. Dry and out of the wind, and make sure the water dish stays liquid (they make self regulating pads that are peck proof for ~$20).
Ive heard it’s actually bad to have the coop toasty, it screws up their biology to deal with the cold going from hot to cold.
I am in hardiness zone 4a in northern Maine. It’s gets VERY cold here. Water dishes will definitely freeze. They don’t have to be toasty, but I don’t think -20 or whatever is a good coop temperature?
To expand on the other person re: heat: not really but sort of. Dry and out of the wind, and make sure the water dish stays liquid (they make self regulating pads that are peck proof for ~$20).
Ive heard it’s actually bad to have the coop toasty, it screws up their biology to deal with the cold going from hot to cold.
I am in hardiness zone 4a in northern Maine. It’s gets VERY cold here. Water dishes will definitely freeze. They don’t have to be toasty, but I don’t think -20 or whatever is a good coop temperature?